For a long time I had given up on motivating people to excel. Given up, because I had tried everything possible and prescribed. From team huddles, to team outings, one on ones, power talks, external speakers,and online videos. Name it and I had done it. Yet, I consistently found three sets of people in every organization that worked, consulted or mentored.
- Go Getters: There were a set of people that had a great attitude, needed no motivation, not pep talk, no carrots, no sticks.
- Followers: They just pushed themselves only as much as required or when told to. These were the people that need constant goading.
- Bad Apples: There was a third set that had negative attitude, created most disturbance, took most vacations, most sick days, created negative energy . After a number of years I realized that most HR and team motivating work was done for these people. Eventually they were the ones that quit the organization at times when we needed them the most.
I had to find a way in which I could get more go getters. But how??? Click here to read...
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